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-- THE ARCHIVE --

UNITED KINGDOM

Hansard (House of Commons), 9 May 1902

Questions and Answers Circulated with the Votes.

Birching in the Army.

MR. LLOYD MORGAN (Carmarthenshire, W.)

To ask the Secretary of State for War
whether his attention has been called to the fact that Joseph
Kibby, of the Grenadier Guards, was in or about the month of
March flogged; and whether he will state the offence this man had
committed, and also the offences for which punishment by birching
is allowable in the Army.

(Answer.) The boy was birched by order of the commanding
officer. The offence was disobedience of a regimental order,
which forbade boys smoking, and absence without leave; for the
latter offence he was liable to trial by general court-martial.
Birching is not allowed in the Army, except in Army Schools under
restrictions. The Commander in Chief disapproved of the
commanding officer's action, and has taken the necessary
disciplinary action.